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NEW YORK — An unarmed black man holding a cellphone, Stephon Clark, is fatally shot in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, California, and residents ask whether the officers only saw race when ...

How did it feel to be near them? Most of us still carry these experiences with us, decades later. We know firsthand that ...

Unlike explicit bias, which consists of the attitudes and assumptions we consciously recognize as part of our belief system, implicit bias refers to subconscious beliefs and attitudes about race, ...

Diversity consultants say that implicit bias training is the key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion work that's often overlooked. Akilah Cadet, DHSc, MPH, is a diversity educator and activist ...

Could implicit bias training prevent an incident like the one at a Philadelphia Starbucks in which two black men were arrested after asking to use the restroom? The word "implicit bias" or some ...

The idea that most people are implicitly biased is having a major impact on society. For instance, big companies like Starbucks are providing training to their employees to reduce implicit bias and ...

Over the last several years, a new liability theory has been used by workers in employment discrimination lawsuits: implicit bias. The objective is to try to establish a discriminatory motive in a ...

Implicit bias training is all the rage. Everybody is doing it: Universities, police departments, school systems, government offices. But what is it? People can define their terms any way they please.